Disability News
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Peoria’s Green Chevrolet to Pay $65,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit
A Peoria, Ill., Chevrolet dealership will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced yesterday.
According to the EEOC's...
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Obama-Era DOJ Violated Free Speech Through Burdensome Demands for Disabled Access
CNSNews.com
In March, the University of California at Berkeley began removing 20,000 college lectures from the Internet. It did so in response to the Justice Department telling Berkeley that posting the lectures violated the Americans with...
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Cancer-Based Workplace Discrimination Persists Despite Disability Law, Study Finds
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 2009 have not eliminated instances of workplace discrimination against employees with cancer, according to a recently published study, but oncologists can offer important input to help...
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New bill introduced to prevent people from abusing the Americans with Disabilities Act
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
There is a new bill in Congress promising to stop people from abusing the American's with Disabilities Act.
Attorneys call them "serial ADA suers" because they often file dozens of lawsuits...
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Westside Gazette
Justice Department settles with public school district to resolve HIV-related discrimination findings
Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
The Justice Department recently announced that it has reached an...
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Florida Courts Rule ADA Covers Websites With Nexus To Physical Store
JD Supra
To summarize, two of the three Florida federal judges to have decided whether Title III of the ADA covers websites of public accommodations require a “nexus” between the website and a physical place of business where...